Organisms Study Guide
Write the equation for photosynthesis in both words and symbols.
Write the equation for respiration in both words and symbols.
How a molecule of carbon exhaled by a human could become part of a sugar in a plant?
What type of macromolecule is glucose? What is the function of this type of macromolecule?
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration using a venn diagram.
What are the two main types of fermentation? Explain each.
What is ATP? Why is it important for cellular functions? What is ADP? What happens when ATP
becomes ADP? (Hint: ATP-P=ADP)
8. What is chemosynthesis and what kingdom would use this to create energy?
9. What are the 6 Kingdoms? For each kingdom, is it prokaryotic or eukaryotic? An autotroph or
heterotroph? Unicellular or multicellular? Sexual or asexual? Give examples of organisms in each
kingdom.
10. What makes fungi different from all of the other kingdoms?
11. Which process allows animals to convert energy from food into ATP?
12. What is the order for the levels of Linnaeus's classification system, from the largest to smallest?
13. What is binomial nomenclature? For the following example: Canis lupis, what is Canis and what is
lupis? (Hint: use question number 12.)
14. What is an infectious particle made of a strand of nucleic acid surrounded by protein coat called?
15. Is a virus living? Give two arguments why or why not.
16. A multicellular autotroph with cell walls made of cellulose has to belongs to what kingdom?
17. What kingdom do Streptococcus and E. coli both belonging to?
18. What type of organism is most helpful in breaking down dead bodies?
19. What is a dichotomous key? How do you use one?
20. Identify the following using the dichotomous key below:
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Dichotomous Key for Fruit
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a. Grows by itself as one single fruit.................................... Go to 3
b. Grows in groups or bunches of two or more fruits…........ Go to 2
2.
a. Fruits are round in shape.................................................... Vitis vinifera
b. Fruits are long in shape..................................................... Musa acuminata
3.
a. Thick pitted skin that peels off easily…………............... Citrus sinensis
b. Thin skin that has to be cut off with a knife...................... Go to 4
4.
a. More than one seed per fruit.............................................. Malus domestica
b. One seed per fruit.............................................................. Go to 5
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a. Skin covered with velvety fuzz........................................ Prunus persica
b. Skin smooth, without fuzz............................................... Prunus americana